Back to the main page

Mailing List Logs for ShadowRN

Message no. 1
From: seb@***.ripco.com (Sebastian Wiers)
Subject: Re: More Great Novels!
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 23:42:21 -0600 (CST)
Zodiac is present day urban EarthFirst type stuff. I got it from the
library. I'd not buy it, but i don't buy much.
>
> Off SR subject, I know but...
> Could anyone give me a review of Zodiac by Neal Stephenson?
> Like is it near/far future, cyberpunk or completely different.
> Just wondering if buying it in hardbound is worth the $$$.
> Thanks.
> _________________________________________________________________
> "As technology became more important, the Trickster underwent a
> shift in character and became the god of crafts -of technology,
> if you will- while retaining the underlying roguish qualities"
> -Neal Stephenson "The Diamond age"
>
>


--
--Seb
Message no. 2
From: "A Halliwell" <u5a77@**.keele.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: More Great Novels!
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 17:18:58 +0000 (GMT)
|
|It's greast! It's set in the n ear _present_.

What is?

|(It was written in 1989) It's about pollution asnd stuff.
|I think so.

Again, whet is?
We're not *all* psychic you know......
--
______________________________________________________________________________
| |What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in |
|u5a77@**.keele.ac.uk |the ground beneath a giant boulder, which you can't |
| |move, with no hope of rescue. |
|Andrew Halliwell |Consider how lucky you are that life has been good |
|Principal subjects in:-|to you so far... |
|Comp Sci & Visual Arts | -The BOOK, Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy. |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|GCv3.1 GCS/FA>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ 5++ |
|X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can still say FUCK! Americans can't|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Message no. 3
From: TopCat <topcat@******.net>
Subject: Re: More Great Novels!
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 11:50:10 -0600
>|It's greast! It's set in the n ear _present_.
>
>What is?
>
>|(It was written in 1989) It's about pollution asnd stuff.
>|I think so.
>
>Again, whet is?
>We're not *all* psychic you know......

That was in reply to someone asking about the book _Zodiac_ by Neal
Stephenson, I think :)


----------------------------------------------------------
* Bob Ooton -- <topcat@******.net> *
* Golden Tiger Association -- Submission Fighting Team *
----------------------------------------------------------
* Currently seeking quotables... *
----------------------------------------------------------
Message no. 4
From: h_laws@**********.utas.edu.au
Subject: Re: More Great Novels!
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 10:49:38 +1100 (EST)
>>>If you like aliens in books or sci-fi in general, I'd also HIGHLY recommend
>>>David Gerrold's series (War Against the Ch'torr). Too good to pass up with
>>>lots of interesting toys.
>>
>>I heartily agree. This is a little off topic, but does anyone know if he has
>>come out with his latest one? I think I have read the first four.
>
>All I know is that it is a work in progress. It's been that way for an
>awfully long time, of course. I've got a couple bookstores looking for it
>in their previews every month or so but nothing new ever shows up under his
>name.
>
He hasn't died has he?

****************************************************************************
The Politician's Slogan
'You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all
of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
Fortunately only a simple majority is required.'
****************************************************************************

Mad Hamish

Hamish Laws
h_laws@**********.sandybay.utas.edu.au
Message no. 5
From: TopCat <topcat@******.net>
Subject: Re: More Great Novels!
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 10:41:15 -0600
>[snipped stuff about Gerrold's War Against the Ch'torr]

>He hasn't died has he?

I don't think so, and I sincerely hope that that isn't the case. He's a
great author and would be missed.


------------------------------------------------------------
* Bob Ooton -- <topcat@******.net> *
* Golden Tiger Association -- Submission Fighting Team *
------------------------------------------------------------
* With the speed of a striking cobra he pulled his machine *
* pistol and jammed the muzzle against Mozart's nose. "I *
* put my gun on rock and roll, there nothing left of you *
* but ears, man." -- "Mozart in Mirrorshades" *
------------------------------------------------------------

Further Reading

If you enjoyed reading about More Great Novels!, you may also be interested in:

Disclaimer

These messages were posted a long time ago on a mailing list far, far away. The copyright to their contents probably lies with the original authors of the individual messages, but since they were published in an electronic forum that anyone could subscribe to, and the logs were available to subscribers and most likely non-subscribers as well, it's felt that re-publishing them here is a kind of public service.